Microsoft Certification Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Certification
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 164 119
Rank change year-on-year +23 -45 +80
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 134 158 168
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.37% 1.52% 2.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.19% 4.05% 5.49%
Number of salaries quoted 83 94 121
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,750 £21,250
25th Percentile £29,375 £28,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +42.86% -22.22%
75th Percentile £48,750 £75,000 £55,250
90th Percentile £59,000 £85,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £33,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -26.67% -10.00% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,197 3,900 3,062
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 32.65% 37.51% 41.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,505 1,889 1,934
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £37,328
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +10.48% +1.94%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% +1.81%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 11 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Kent +39 44 £26,150 - 15
Thames Valley +5 36 £35,000 -2.34% 43
Hampshire +11 24 £37,500 -29.31% 18
Buckinghamshire +22 17 £35,000 -30.00% 13
Surrey -14 15 £31,500 -18.71% 9
Oxfordshire +12 11 £28,500 +3.64% 12
East Sussex +14 10 £30,500 -63.03% 5
Berkshire +2 8 £33,500 -24.17% 20
West Sussex +5 5 £50,000 +63.93% 13
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 11 (8.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.48%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.24%) IIS
4 1 (0.75%) Confluence
4 1 (0.75%) WordPress
Applications
1 49 (36.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.99%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 60 (44.78%) AWS
2 54 (40.30%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (37.31%) Azure
4 12 (8.96%) Entra ID
5 11 (8.21%) GCP
6 9 (6.72%) Power Platform
7 8 (5.97%) GitHub
7 8 (5.97%) Power Automate
8 7 (5.22%) PowerApps
9 5 (3.73%) IaaS
10 4 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (2.99%) PaaS
11 3 (2.24%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (2.24%) Azure Storage
11 3 (2.24%) Copilot Studio
11 3 (2.24%) Mimecast
12 2 (1.49%) Azure Data Factory
13 1 (0.75%) AWS Lambda
13 1 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
13 1 (0.75%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 19 (14.18%) DNS
1 19 (14.18%) Firewall
2 17 (12.69%) DHCP
3 13 (9.70%) Internet
3 13 (9.70%) TCP/IP
4 9 (6.72%) Remote Desktop
5 7 (5.22%) VLAN
5 7 (5.22%) VPN
6 5 (3.73%) Intranet
6 5 (3.73%) SAN
7 4 (2.99%) VoIP
7 4 (2.99%) WAN
8 3 (2.24%) LAN
8 3 (2.24%) Network Security
8 3 (2.24%) STUN
8 3 (2.24%) VoLTE
8 3 (2.24%) Wireshark
9 2 (1.49%) NAS
9 2 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.75%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.97%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.73%) Power BI
3 4 (2.99%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.49%) Metadata
4 2 (1.49%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.49%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.75%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (12.69%) JIRA
2 8 (5.97%) Git
General
1 85 (63.43%) Social Skills
2 40 (29.85%) French Language
2 40 (29.85%) Swedish Language
3 10 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (6.72%) Legal
4 9 (6.72%) Multimedia
4 9 (6.72%) Telecoms
5 6 (4.48%) Finance
6 5 (3.73%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.24%) Military
7 3 (2.24%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (34.33%) Analyst
2 31 (23.13%) Service Analyst
2 31 (23.13%) Service Desk Analyst
3 24 (17.91%) IT Support
4 18 (13.43%) Senior
5 16 (11.94%) Support Engineer
6 13 (9.70%) IT Engineer
7 11 (8.21%) Lead
7 11 (8.21%) Support Analyst
8 10 (7.46%) Service Desk Team Leader
8 10 (7.46%) Team Leader
9 9 (6.72%) Administrator
9 9 (6.72%) IT Support Engineer
9 9 (6.72%) Senior Analyst
9 9 (6.72%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
9 9 (6.72%) Support Technician
9 9 (6.72%) Trainee
10 8 (5.97%) Systems Administrator
11 7 (5.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (4.48%) Applications Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.70%) CSS
1 13 (9.70%) HTML
2 7 (5.22%) React
3 3 (2.24%) FreeSWITCH
3 3 (2.24%) Node.js
3 3 (2.24%) Web Services
4 2 (1.49%) .NET
4 2 (1.49%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.75%) Azure Blueprints
5 1 (0.75%) LAMP
5 1 (0.75%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.72%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (5.22%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (3.73%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (3.73%) Driving Licence
4 4 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.99%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.99%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.24%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.24%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (2.24%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (2.24%) Smartphone
6 2 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.49%) N-Tier
6 2 (1.49%) PKI
7 1 (0.75%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.75%) CMDB
7 1 (0.75%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.75%) Smartcard
7 1 (0.75%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 48 (35.82%) Windows
2 17 (12.69%) Windows Server
3 15 (11.19%) Linux
4 6 (4.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (3.73%) Android
5 5 (3.73%) Windows 10
6 4 (2.99%) Mac OS
7 3 (2.24%) VMS
7 3 (2.24%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.49%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.49%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.49%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.75%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (32.84%) ITIL
1 44 (32.84%) ITSM
2 38 (28.36%) Customer Service
3 34 (25.37%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (21.64%) Mentoring
5 22 (16.42%) Cybersecurity
5 22 (16.42%) Performance Metrics
6 18 (13.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (9.70%) Coaching
7 13 (9.70%) Service Management
8 10 (7.46%) Conflict Resolution
8 10 (7.46%) Knowledge Management
9 9 (6.72%) Business Continuity
9 9 (6.72%) Disaster Recovery
10 8 (5.97%) Analytics
11 7 (5.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 7 (5.22%) Technical Leadership
12 6 (4.48%) Computer Science
12 6 (4.48%) Data Protection
12 6 (4.48%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 13 (9.70%) JavaScript
1 13 (9.70%) Python
2 11 (8.21%) SQL
3 9 (6.72%) PowerShell
4 6 (4.48%) C#
5 3 (2.24%) Bash
5 3 (2.24%) R
6 2 (1.49%) C
7 1 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 65 (48.51%) MCSE
2 61 (45.52%) Degree
3 45 (33.58%) AWS Certification
4 22 (16.42%) A+ Certification
4 22 (16.42%) Azure Certification
5 14 (10.45%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (10.45%) MCP
6 11 (8.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 10 (7.46%) CCNA
8 9 (6.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 9 (6.72%) MCSA
8 9 (6.72%) Security Cleared
9 8 (5.97%) SC Cleared
10 6 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (3.73%) Master's Degree
12 4 (2.99%) CCNP
12 4 (2.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (2.24%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (2.24%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (17.91%) QA
2 5 (3.73%) GDPR
3 1 (0.75%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.75%) NIST
3 1 (0.75%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.75%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.75%) SLA
System Software
1 40 (29.85%) Active Directory
2 19 (14.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.73%) Firmware
3 5 (3.73%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.73%) vSphere
4 4 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.49%) Docker
6 1 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.24%) CASB
2 3 (2.24%) QRadar
2 3 (2.24%) WSUS
3 2 (1.49%) Ansible
3 2 (1.49%) Nessus
3 2 (1.49%) Red Hat Satellite
3 2 (1.49%) SCCM
3 2 (1.49%) Terraform
4 1 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.75%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.75%) Podman
4 1 (0.75%) SCOM
4 1 (0.75%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 129 (96.27%) Microsoft
2 31 (23.13%) ServiceNow
3 29 (21.64%) VMware
4 15 (11.19%) Cisco
5 8 (5.97%) Google
6 5 (3.73%) Aruba
6 5 (3.73%) HP
6 5 (3.73%) Sage
7 4 (2.99%) Apple
7 4 (2.99%) Citrix
8 3 (2.24%) Dell
8 3 (2.24%) Forcepoint
8 3 (2.24%) LogRhythm
8 3 (2.24%) Oracle
8 3 (2.24%) Qualys
8 3 (2.24%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.49%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.49%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.75%) Databricks
10 1 (0.75%) Thales